Happy Birthday, Anita!
#Favorite things about Anita:#
- long before Apple allowed us to use a phone as a remote control, she was using her remote control as a phone.
- "she buys us lots of presents"
- she's willing to travel any distance to see people she loves.
- we don't have to tell her twice what we like to eat, she remembers forever.
- she knows how to fill an empty nest.
- we can count on her to have food for 20 extra guests at the last minute.
- she surprises us with stray christmas presents at any time of year.
- she's always prepared for an emotional conversation.
- she likes the scenic route.
- she can out-navigate google maps (we tested her)
- she taught her children not to worry - and it lasted right up to the moment we had kids of our own.
- she taught us that we can't make everyone happy all the time.
- she loves our friends like they are her own kids.
- she picks such great friends that they feel like parents.
- she never asks us to turn up the heat.
- she is a badass cook.
- she always has a nice car to drive.
- she can be really funny
- she is the only grandma we know who can tell stories about cliff diving
- she always wants quality time with her son in law
- she lives near a castle
- she makes a mean crab sauce
- she loves our shirts so much that she kisses them
- she takes great pictures
- she picks fantastic restaurants
- she invites us down the shore every summer
- she has the best dimples ever
- she can make soup out of anything. And she will. And then she'll share it with her neighbors.
- when she comes to visit she always brings her own leftovers
- she has great taste in music
- she always has good book and movie suggestions
- she puts garlic in everything
- she's still thinking about what she wants to be when she grows up
- she knows her way around the Burlington police department's helipad
- she has more vitamins in her house than a GNC
- she's really into NMT -- whatever the hell that is
- she never turns down company
- she raised some fabulous kids.
- she picked a great stepdad for her kids...eventually
- she really likes dementia patients
- she didn't mind nitpicking her children, literally
- she knows a good vacation when she sees one
- she finds bargains that no one else would spot... Except Joy
- she's really good at body substance isolation.
- she's very patient with daughters who love crriters
- did we mention her cooking?
- you never know when she'll hide slate in your car
-she handed sam the phone and said "would you call him, already?"
- she finally can tell when Michael is joking
- she always impressed her dad with her keen sense of the obvious
- she hates tights, just like her daughter
- she taught us to unbutton our pants so we could eat more
- she protects Michael from scary birds
- she takes spectacular care of her parents
- she's always on time (wink)
- she sometimes has the air conditioning and the Christmas tree going at the same time.
- we love how happy popcorn makes her
- the only person with her own time zone
- long before Apple allowed us to use a phone as a remote control, she was using her remote control as a phone.
- "she buys us lots of presents"
- she's willing to travel any distance to see people she loves.
- we don't have to tell her twice what we like to eat, she remembers forever.
- she knows how to fill an empty nest.
- we can count on her to have food for 20 extra guests at the last minute.
- she surprises us with stray christmas presents at any time of year.
- she's always prepared for an emotional conversation.
- she likes the scenic route.
- she can out-navigate google maps (we tested her)
- she taught her children not to worry - and it lasted right up to the moment we had kids of our own.
- she taught us that we can't make everyone happy all the time.
- she loves our friends like they are her own kids.
- she picks such great friends that they feel like parents.
- she never asks us to turn up the heat.
- she is a badass cook.
- she always has a nice car to drive.
- she can be really funny
- she is the only grandma we know who can tell stories about cliff diving
- she always wants quality time with her son in law
- she lives near a castle
- she makes a mean crab sauce
- she loves our shirts so much that she kisses them
- she takes great pictures
- she picks fantastic restaurants
- she invites us down the shore every summer
- she has the best dimples ever
- she can make soup out of anything. And she will. And then she'll share it with her neighbors.
- when she comes to visit she always brings her own leftovers
- she has great taste in music
- she always has good book and movie suggestions
- she puts garlic in everything
- she's still thinking about what she wants to be when she grows up
- she knows her way around the Burlington police department's helipad
- she has more vitamins in her house than a GNC
- she's really into NMT -- whatever the hell that is
- she never turns down company
- she raised some fabulous kids.
- she picked a great stepdad for her kids...eventually
- she really likes dementia patients
- she didn't mind nitpicking her children, literally
- she knows a good vacation when she sees one
- she finds bargains that no one else would spot... Except Joy
- she's really good at body substance isolation.
- she's very patient with daughters who love crriters
- did we mention her cooking?
- you never know when she'll hide slate in your car
-she handed sam the phone and said "would you call him, already?"
- she finally can tell when Michael is joking
- she always impressed her dad with her keen sense of the obvious
- she hates tights, just like her daughter
- she taught us to unbutton our pants so we could eat more
- she protects Michael from scary birds
- she takes spectacular care of her parents
- she's always on time (wink)
- she sometimes has the air conditioning and the Christmas tree going at the same time.
- we love how happy popcorn makes her
- the only person with her own time zone
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